Forum: Photoshop


Subject: Newbie on Skin

FranOnTheEdge opened this issue on Aug 13, 2006 · 14 posts


Elfdaughter posted Wed, 23 August 2006 at 4:28 AM

 

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Aha! (rushes off)

Oh (comes back) It needs Poser... I don't have Poser, only Daz Studio.  Do you HAVE to have Poser to do skin?

Quote - This is good for learning the basics of painting.  As for cuts and scrapes and grime etc, I think they will have to be painted on in postwork.

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Aw, don't cry!  Yeah, I know that tut's for Poser, but the principles are exactly the same for Daz - if you open the V3 or M3 (or whichever model you're using) texture map in Photoshop, you can follow the tut.  Then just apply your modified texture using the surfaces tab in Daz. 

Hmm, I've had an idea.  This may or may not work, since I don't have an opportunity to try it out, but in photoshop, if you open up your texture, then create a new layer (Layer - New - New layer), then pick a very dark brown (almost black) colour, then select your brush tool, and select a spotty type of brush (remember the brush tab I showed you in the tutorial, and the little arrow next to it?  Browse through the different brush sets that appear when you click the little arrow till you find something - try the 'natural' brushes) - and apply that to the texture.  Then take the smudge tool and smudge it around a little.  Play with the opacity of the layer, and that should give you some sort of grimey-looking skin.  Like I say, it's just an idea and untried and untested, but it might work.  An idea for blood might be a line of red running along the skin, (on a new layer) and use the dodge and burn tools to shade slightly.  Then like I said before, just save as a .jpg, and apply using the surfaces tab in Daz.